The past year

Before I come back to posting about the research I’d like to explain my absence from this site for the past several months. When I came to Prince George to do interviews last October I was pregnant. In February of this year I lost the baby. After carrying him for eight months he died, suddenly and inexplicably, in the womb. I don’t have much more to say about it except that I’m sure you can imagine this has affected my progress and process in doing this research. I will be back to Prince George as soon as I can manage. And I wanted to honour him here by telling the truth.

To mark the 150th anniversary of the Confederation of Canada, the Canadian-American Center at the University of Maine has published a new map, “Coming Home to Indigenous Place Names in Canada.” The map honors indigenous place names in Canada and the assertion of indigenous authority through plac...

Between 2012 and 2016, Ojibwe teenager Adam Capay spent more than 50 consecutive months in solitary confinement in the provincial jail in Thunder Bay. Anything more than 15 days in solitary is torture under international human rights law. Now, six years later, after unfathomable delays and mistreatment, Adam's hearings will FINALLY get underway in Thunder Bay on March 12th. Help us with this special fund so that his family can attend the court hearing. The photo below was taken by his sister Alison Jane Capay during a visit. His face tells how good he felt seeing her. Bring a smile to Adam's face by helping get his family to Thunder Bay. No amount is too small.

Meet Ojibwe youth Adam Capay. Between 2012 and 2016, Adam spent more than 50 consecutive months in solitary confinement in the provincial jail in Thunder Bay. Anything more than 15 days in solitary is torture under international human rights law. Now, six years later, after unfathomable delays...

"Today I grieve for my country," wrote Sinclair on Saturday morning. "I grieve for a family that has seen only injustice from the moment a farmer with a handgun (why does a farmer need a handgun?) killed their son."He went on to say that he grieves...